100 44, COMPOSIT.E. 



Scottish, instead of the British type. But its rarity in the 

 first four or five provinces of England, amounting to almost 

 total absence fi'om the three first of them, taken in contrast 

 against its fi-equency in Scotland, seems clearly indicative 

 of the boreal type of distribution. Dr. Salter says that it 

 occurs within thirty, though not within sixteen miles of 

 Poole, in Dorset, which is my only habitat for the Channel 

 province. I have seen it sparingly in one spot in Cornwall ; 

 and single localities are recorded in the Floras of Oxford 

 and Herts. Several are on record for the provinces of 

 Ouse, Severn, and South Wales. Rai"e above the midarctic 

 zone, but attaining 2800 feet on Ben Hope, in Sutherland. 

 Also attains 2900 feet on the Grampians. 



628. Gnaphalidm margaritaceum, Linn. ^ ^'^^'^^/^.A^ 



Area * * [3 4] 5 6 * * * (10 * 12 * 14 * 16). 



South limit in West Gloucester, Monmouth, Glamorgan. 



North limit in Caennarthen, Brecon, Stafford ? 



Estimate of provinces 2. Estimate of counties 5. 



Latitude 51 — 52. Atlantic (?) type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. 



Descends to ? 



Ascends to ? (Altitude trifling). 



Range of mean annual temperature, say 48. 



Denizen. Pascual ? A very dubious native, which is 

 said to have been found, " perhaps not wild," near Bock- 

 ing, in Essex, in the time of Ray ; also reported from Nor- 

 folk, though apparently through some error (B. G.) Turning 

 to the western side of the island, we find it recorded in 

 much more certain terms for the provinces of Severn and 

 South Wales ; where, if at all, it is more likely to be wild. 

 Mr. C. C. Babington writes: "I am told and believe that 



